Bob DelGiorno retires from WWL radio; Tommy Tucker will replace him

WWL AM-870 and FM-105.3 morning man Bob DelGiorno announced his retirement from the station today after 34 years on the New Orleans radio airwaves. He will be replaced by frequent morning-show fill-in Tommy Tucker, who has hosted the 8 p.m.-to-midnight shift when not subbing for DelGiorno during morning drive.

THE TIMES-PICAYUNE ARCHIVEBob DelGiorno, seen behind the mic in 2009, says WWL 'has been very good to me. It's opened up a lot of doors ... and allowed me to have a great relationship with the people of New Orleans and the city I've really grown to love.'

“It’s time to get off the road, to give up the daily responsibility and just enjoy waking up later and enjoying life,” DelGiorno said in a station press release.

Chris Claus, Vice President and General Manager of Entercom’s cluster of radio stations in the New Orleans, said that DelGiorno is “the voice New Orleans has awakened to for decades and we wish him the very best in his retirement years.”

Replacing Tucker as permanent host of "The Night Shift" will be Scoot (Scott Paisant), a music-radio morning man in New Orleans during the 1970s and '80s who made the switch to news-talk and has filled in for Tucker regularly in recent months.

Unlike DelGiorno, who reduced his work load to four days a week after Hurricane Katrina, Tucker will be heard every Monday through Friday. Don Dubuc, who has subbed for DelGiorno every Friday morning, will now afford midday talker Garland Robinette the same luxury. Dubuc will serve as Robinette's permanent fill-in on Fridays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.